Privacy Policy

Last Updated: January 3, 2024

FACTS

WHAT DOES COLUMN TAX, INC. (“COLUMN TAX”) DO WITH YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION?

Why?

Financial companies choose how they share your personal information. Federal law gives consumers the right to limit some but not all sharing. Federal law also requires us to tell you how we collect, share, and protect your personal information. Please read this notice carefully to understand what we do.

What?

The types of personal information we collect and share depend on the product or service you have with us. This information can include:

  • Social Security number 
  • Income
  • Transaction history
  • Employment information 
  • Expenses
  • Assets

How?

All financial companies need to share customers’ personal information to run their everyday business. In the section below, we list the reasons financial companies can share their customers’ personal information, the reasons Column Tax chooses to share, and whether you can limit this sharing.

Reasons we can share your personal information

Does Column Tax share?

Can you limit this sharing?

For our everyday business purposes–

such as to process your transactions, maintain your account(s), respond to court orders and legal investigations, or report to credit bureaus

Yes

No

For our marketing purposes–

to offer our products and services to you

No

We do not share

For joint marketing with other financial companies

Yes, with your consent or at your direction

Yes

For our affiliates’ everyday business purposes–

information about your transactions and experiences

No

We do not share

For our affiliates’ everyday business purposes–

information about your creditworthiness

No

We do not share

For our affiliates to market to you

No

We do not share

For nonaffiliates everyday business purposes–

such as to deliver, administer or process banking or lending services or transactions that you request or authorize

Yes, with your consent or at your direction

Yes

For nonaffiliate banking and financial services partners, with whom you have a relationship with, to market to you– 

such as to offer banking or lending products, additional financial products, or to offer you personalized services

Yes, with your consent or at your direction

Yes

Questions?

Who we are

Who is providing this notice?

This privacy policy is being provided by Column Tax, Inc. (“Column Tax”).

What we do

How does Column Tax protect my personal information?

To protect your personal information from unauthorized access and use, we use security measures that comply with federal law. These measures include computer safeguards and secured files and buildings.

How does Column Tax collect my personal information?

We collect your personal information, for example, when you:

  • provide account information
  • use our tax preparation services
  • give us your contact information
  • communicate with us through your account
  • visit our website

We also collect your personal information from other companies.

Why can’t I limit all sharing?

Federal law gives you the right to limit only

  • sharing for affiliates’ everyday business purposes – information about your creditworthiness
  • affiliates from using your information to market to you
  • sharing for nonaffiliates to market to you

State laws and individual companies may give you additional rights to limit sharing.

Definitions

Affiliates

Companies related by common ownership or control. They can be financial and nonfinancial companies.

  • Column Tax does not have affiliates. 

Nonaffiliates

Companies not related by common ownership or control. They can be financial and nonfinancial companies.

  • Nonaffiliates we share with may include banking and financial services partners that use our products or services, our service providers (e.g., third parties that provide hosting, information technology and analytics services on our behalf), and tax authorities.

Joint marketing

A formal agreement between nonaffiliated financial companies that together market financial products or services to you.

  • Column Tax does jointly market with banking and financial services partners.